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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:21:48 +0200
From:      Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot print to remote printer
Message-ID:  <20010712122148.B10960@heechee.tobez.org>
In-Reply-To: <200107120645.f6C6jtP45267@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from j@uriah.heep.sax.de on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:45:55AM %2B0200
References:  <lth8zikptx0.wl@hunter.munich.sgi.com> <p05101003b759266483c2@> <p05101003b759266483c2@[128.113.24.47]> <873d83pquy.wl@wilhelm.noname> <20010711214311.C2855@heechee.tobez.org> <200107120645.f6C6jtP45267@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:45:55AM +0200, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> Anton Berezin <tobez@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> 
> >  		if (fork() == 0) {
> > -			signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
> > +			signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
> 
> This is unportable.

> If you want automatic zombie reaping, better don't use the simplified
> signal(3) handling, but instead spell it out as sigaction(2) using the
> SA_NOCLDWAIT flag.  The above won't even give you a warning on systems
> that don't implement automatic zombie reaping, while with sicaction,
> you'll get a compile-time error for SA_NOCLDWAIT not being defined.

Umm, I don't understand.  I do not want automatic zombie reaping, I want
exactly the opposite, and my patch does just that.

Cheers,
\Anton.
-- 
May the tuna salad be with you.

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